Dr. Caitlin Beare is the Assistant Professor of Clarinet at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. An acclaimed clarinetist and educator, she has won prizes for solo and chamber music performances from the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition, the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Competition, Shenandoah Conservatory’s Soloists Competition, and the Lillian Fuchs Chamber Music Competition. She has held fellowship positions at the Atlantic Music Festival, Talis Festival & Academy in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, and Waterloo Region Contemporary Music Sessions.  

At TAMU-CC, Caitlin coordinates all activities in the clarinet studio; coaches the Islander Winds; teaches music appreciation, woodwind techniques, and University Seminar; and performs with her colleagues in the Bayview Winds and Plumeria Winds. She also co-organizes the annual SoundWaves Festival, a week-long celebration of contemporary music. A dedicated member of the local arts community, Caitlin has performed on the First Friday/Art Walk series, on KEDT live radio broadcasts, in numerous local schools, and with the Corpus Christi and Victoria Symphony Orchestras.

Caitlin earned a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she held an assistantship with the Modern Music Ensemble. She holds a Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude from Shenandoah Conservatory. She completed additional studies at Bard College Conservatory in the Advanced Performance Studies program. Her principal teachers include Anthony McGill, Garrick Zoeter, David Krakauer, Pascual Martínez Forteza, Benjamin Lulich, and Laura Flax.

Caitlin currently resides in Corpus Christi, TX, with her terrier mix, Willy.